Old English · adjective
hwit
Normalised hwīt
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /xwiːt/[ʍiːt]
- Syllables
- xwiːt (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- white
Meaning
-
white
byþ hwītust corna...
Hail is the whitest of grains...
The Old English rune poem
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | hwīt | hwīt | hwīt |
| Accusative | hwītne | hwīte | hwīt |
| Genitive | hwītes | hwītre | hwītes |
| Dative | hwītum | hwītre | hwītum |
| Instrumental | hwīte | hwītre | hwīte |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | hwīte | hwītahwīte | hwīt |
| Accusative | hwīte | hwītahwīte | hwīt |
| Genitive | hwītra | hwītra | hwītra |
| Dative | hwītum | hwītum | hwītum |
| Instrumental | hwītum | hwītum | hwītum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | hwīta | hwīte | hwīte |
| Accusative | hwītan | hwītan | hwīte |
| Genitive | hwītan | hwītan | hwītan |
| Dative | hwītan | hwītan | hwītan |
| Instrumental | hwītan | hwītan | hwītan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | hwītan | hwītan | hwītan |
| Accusative | hwītan | hwītan | hwītan |
| Genitive | hwītrahwītena | hwītrahwītena | hwītrahwītena |
| Dative | hwītum | hwītum | hwītum |
| Instrumental | hwītum | hwītum | hwītum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz.
Descendants
white
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